Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun corpus_luteum

1 sense of corpus luteum

Sense 1
corpus luteum -- (yellow endocrine tissue that forms in a ruptured Graafian follicle following the release of an ovum; it degenerates after a few days unless pregnancy has begun)
       => endocrine gland, endocrine, ductless gland -- (any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream)